knew Tinglan had always felt guilty for not firmly standing by her side before, and coupled with the fact that she never replied to his messages, it left Tinglan feeling overwhelmed with guilt. He de...Ting Lan was about to close her notebook when she saw, on the last page, a single line of elegant script:

Some flowers bloom high up in the trees.

Tinglan recognized these characters. They were a line from the poem "Bride" by the poet Hai Zi. The poem starts with:

and many days after that

Many farewellsare, anyway it wasn't her who slept on the sofa. She buried her head in the pillow and turned over before falling asleep.Gu Ruandong hadn't slept well in days either. Her room's sofa was much larger t...